Month: December 2010
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St. John of the Cross
Today, for the memorial of John of the Cross, we provide an excerpt from the deeply inspiring collection Prayer and Prophecy: The Essential Kenneth Leech. Kenneth Leech is an Anglican priest, Christian socialist and community theologian from London, England.
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Young Catholics for the New Translation
There probably won’t be a new organization with that name. But here’s Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre speaking to young people about the new missal.
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“Wild the Man and Wild the Place”
The hymn that I’ve chosen for the third week of Advent is a tour-de-force from the hymn-writing team of Thomas H. Troeger and Carol Doran, “Wild the Man and Wild the Place.” In some aspects, this text is as audacious as the Baptist’s life and preaching.
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babycenter.com: “Should our toddler sit with us in church even though she’s disruptive?”
I know we’ve discussed this on PrayTell more than once, but this week there’s a featured discussion forum on babycenter.com about toddlers in church. How much do forums like this one contribute to contemporary Christians’ understanding of liturgy, its purpose, and their role in it?
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Who’s up for a Dispute Over the Eucharist?
Philosophy profs and buffs at my university and college created a human replica of Rafael’s School of Athens. Maybe we should get together and make an answering Dispute over the Eucharist!
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III Advent – Gaudete
The propers compared – 1973, 1997, 2008, 2010.
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Pope fails own Latin test?
Edgy cartoon…translation inconsistencies…homines and hominibus…not many reports about the new translation in New Zealand… it’s all in this interesting post by the Rev. Bosco Peters, Anglican priest in New Zealand.
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A Communiqué from my Archbishop (updated).
Yesterday I received the directives from the Archdiocese of Baltimore regarding the implementation of the new translation of the Roman Missal. Much to my surprise, I found myself encouraged.